The former rugby league hardman said the players involved only embarrassed themselves, so there was no reason to come down so hard on them.

“I know that these guys are on big money and they’re privileged guys, but they’ve also got a camera following them everywhere they go,” he continued.

“For nine months of the year they’ve toed the line, so one day they’ve let their hair down and got nude. Who got hurt? Was someone assaulted, did they swear at anyone, did someone complain? I just don’t get it.

“It’s Thursday, we should be talking about the biggest semi-final of all-time tomorrow between the Storm and the Rabbitohs, but we’re talking about something that happened on Monday about a bloke in a pub.”